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Major General William Alexander, Lord Stirling, to George Washington, 16 January 1780

Major General William Alexander, Lord Stirling,
to George Washington

Elizabethtown [New Jersey] January 16, 1780. Reports details of invasion of Staten Island and retreat. Tells of plundering by troops and what has been done to rectify wrongs inflicted.

Df, in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

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    Major General William Alexander, Lord Stirling, to George Washington, 16 January 1780
    Author
    Stirling, Lord (née William Alexander)
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    Washington, George
    Date
    16 January 1780

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    “Major General William Alexander, Lord Stirling, to George Washington, 16 January 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0575. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 257.]

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